Afternoon Tea Poems - Poems about Afternoon Tea

I do desire we may be better strangers. — As You Like It, Act 3 Scene 2, Line 254; Orlando to Jacques She called it venting; I called it theater. On a loop, it was non-stop tragedy with no intermission. When I spoke of my dreams, she'd flinch, as if I had farted during her soliloquy. So,...

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Milly and Jilly played afternoon tea With delicious cakes and fine pottery Both looked pretty with flowers in their hair And faces aglow, such a happy pair. They drank all the tea and ate all the cakes Not a crumb was left, they had cleared their plates Happily they sang their favourite songs Their mommas joined in with the sing-along. Soon they were...

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Sitting here stirring my afternoon tea. Earl Grey is my favourite, so that it must be. With the fragrance of Bergamot filling the air, recollections at Grandma's house take me right there. She'd brew up a pot, serve cookies and cake, or sometimes a Cadbury's chocolate flake. So that's why Earl Grey is my first...

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Ms. Ogre Moose was happy to come to afternoon tea She enjoyed Victorian Vicky who was lovely to see. They did not speak the same language but got along fine Laughing at their men who were silly on cranberry wine. It’s a great day for a walk, Ms. Ogre Moose told her host. I’d love to come along, except you...

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It was a day of jubilation when The alligators came to tea Though I didn’t quite like The way they looked at me A Jungle Jazz Combo played Do Wap free and loose As we all celebrated the day Of the inter species truce. The chimps played the brass A gorilla sang deep bass While the giraffe conducted Them to a cracking pace. The lion sat...

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My Two Dearest Friends and me Shared a scrumptious Afternoon Tea of Sandwiches Scones Cakes and Cream a more delicious tea we had ne’er seen So much there to eat at this afternoon treat Washed down with a nice cup of tea An English tradition you see ...

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Strains of chamber music fill the air Invited guests have come to share, Cozied pots filled with steeping teas ...

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Whatever happened To afternoon tea Served around four o-clock It used to be a daily ceremony Out came a pretty cloth From an old sideboard drawer To put on a small table Used many times before On to this table Doylies and napkins placed Precisely and carefully There was no need to race Then came the china A person's very best Teapot and cosy And an antique spoon rest Fairy cubes...

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Assuaging our thirst drives us in from the street, shoppping fatigued; a welcome retreat as a menu of delights rewards us with tea, Black Yunnan for you and Silver Tips for me. Smooth liquid sunshine kisses Ruby Woo lips, puckered to perfection; taking delicate sips, savouring the euphotic zone where the flavour is mellow deliciously steeped to an exquisite yellow. Anecdotic tales...

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Balloons can be rolled like balls in halls. But only halls that measure over sixty feet in diameter would ever please a pamplemoose. Pample mooses are appetisers in buffets so they must all run and hide in the cave now. And they can take that great big cow with them. All she does is moo...

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Afternoon tea at three, oh what a delight The table was set - it was an incredible sight Laden with sandwiches, cakes and tea What a fantastic treat this was going to be We tucked in with relish, each mouthful a treat Deciding which delicious food we should eat Sandwiches with beef, prawns and tuna too So much choice my appetite...

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Have a cup of tea Invite who you may in Provide some cake as well Stored in that Christmas tin An afternoon well spent Some friends around for tea Sharing the worries and joys Not even costing a fee How the time’s gone Where the company’s so sweet The last thing to remember A time again to meet An afternoon just spent Brings comfort to some poor soul Who...

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